Jimmie Johnson won pole position for this weekend's Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway, after setting a target of 19.402s (97.598 mph) that no one else could match to claim his third pole of 2012 and his 28th in 396 Cup starts. It's the second time that he will have started from pole at the half mile oval in 22 races at the venue.

In the sole practice session before qualifying, Vickers had set the pace with a lap of 19.386s (97.679 mph) narrowly edging the returning Dale Earnhardt Jr. by 0.038s. There are two further practice sessions to be held on Saturday.

There is no Nationwide Series race this weekend, but the Kroger 200 Camping World Truck Series will be held on Saturday afternoon.

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